A misdemeanor court in Imbaba district, Giza, sentenced two young men to two years in prison over charges of bullying a Sudanese child. The court also ruled that each defendant shall be fined LE 100,000.<\/p>\n
In November 2019, the police arrested the defendants after a video circulated on Tik Tok application, showing two young boys verbally abusing and bullying a young South Sudanese student, mockingly telling him to take \u201cone beautiful photo\u201d with them and refusing to let him leave for school.<\/p>\n
Bullying is a type of violence intentionally and repeatedly exercised by a child on another child in person or online, ranging from physical harm to verbal and psychological abuse which can lead to exclusion, depression and sometimes suicide. It is a terrible phenomenon against which several actors have decided to join hands.<\/p>\n
Four days ago, the Egyptian Cabinet approved new amendments to the Egyptian Penal Code to add new articles criminalizing bullying.<\/p>\n
The new article stipulated that whoever shows off strength or power, makes fun of the a person’s weakness, or insults their sex, religion, race, physical appearance, state of health, mental condition, or social level, with the intent to intimidate them or ridicule them, is considered a bully.<\/p>\n
The bill approved sentencing one who commits such crime to not less than 6 months in prison, in addition to paying a fine of not less than LE10,000 and not more than LE 30,000, or one of these two penalties.<\/p>\n
The article indicated that the punishment is tightened if the crime of bullying is committed by two or more people or by a person who has authority over the victim, to reach an imprisonment sentence of not less than 1 year and a fine of not less than LE 20,000 and not more than LE 100,000, or one of these two penalties. If both conditions apply, the penalty shall be doubled.<\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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